Belgian general election, 1840

The Belgian general election, 1840 occurred from January 1 to July 1, 1840, to form a government under the King of the Belgians. That same year an upper house election also took place to allocate seats in the Belgian Senate. Part of the campaigning took place during the Dutch Restoration of Order to the Belgian provinces, which ended in the spring of 1840 with a Belgian victory (with support from the United Kingdom). A coalition of the Catholic Party and the Nationalist Party received a combined 61.78% of the vote and formed a new government, although individually they performed worse than the Liberal Party.

Results

 * Liberal dot.png Liberal Party of Belgium - 38.21%
 * Conservative dot.png Catholic Party of Belgium - 34.12%
 * Reactionary dot.png Nationalist Party of Belgium - 27.67%